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Australophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Australophyllum STUMM, 1949, p. 34
Type Species:
Spongophyllum cyathophylloides Etheridge, 1911, p. 7, OD, †F9494-9497, AM, Sydney, F2522, GSQ, Brisbane, lectotype by JONES, 1932, p. 55
Images
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Fig. 148,2a,b. *A. cyathophylloides (Etheridge), lectotype, L.Dev., Douglas Ck. Ls., Queensl., 4.75 mi . SSW. of Clermont, a,b, transv., long. secs., X2.7 (Jell& Hill, 1970d, F2522)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Altay Mts.), Australia(Queensl.-New S.Wales), ?Asia (Laos-NE.USSR), ?N.Am. (Nev.-W. Can.-Mich.), ?Eu.(Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(low. Eifel.)
Ending International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
389.8
Description
Cerioid, like Xystriphyllum but septa attenuate and separated from wall by one or several series of lonsdaleoid dissepiments, in early stages of offsets, dissepiments and tabulae only are seen [JELL & HILL, 1970d, p. 102].
References
Eaton, Amos, , \& Stumm, E. C., 1949, Corals of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan, Part II: Cylindrophyllum, Depasophyllum, Disphyllum, Eridophyllum, and Synaptophyllum: Univ. Michigan Mus. Paleontol., Contrib., v. 8, no. 3, p. 21-41, pl. 1-8.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Ptenophyllidae
Subfamily:
Ptenophyllinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Australophyllum STUMM, 1949, p. 34
Type Species:
Spongophyllum cyathophylloides Etheridge, 1911, p. 7, OD, †F9494-9497, AM, Sydney, F2522, GSQ, Brisbane, lectotype by JONES, 1932, p. 55
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 148,2a,b. *A. cyathophylloides (Etheridge), lectotype, L.Dev., Douglas Ck. Ls., Queensl., 4.75 mi . SSW. of Clermont, a,b, transv., long. secs., X2.7 (Jell& Hill, 1970d, F2522)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Altay Mts.), Australia(Queensl.-New S.Wales), ?Asia (Laos-NE.USSR), ?N.Am. (Nev.-W. Can.-Mich.), ?Eu.(Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.(low. Eifel.)
Ending International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
389.8
Description
Cerioid, like Xystriphyllum but septa attenuate and separated from wall by one or several series of lonsdaleoid dissepiments, in early stages of offsets, dissepiments and tabulae only are seen [JELL & HILL, 1970d, p. 102].
References
Eaton, Amos, , \& Stumm, E. C., 1949, Corals of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan, Part II: Cylindrophyllum, Depasophyllum, Disphyllum, Eridophyllum, and Synaptophyllum: Univ. Michigan Mus. Paleontol., Contrib., v. 8, no. 3, p. 21-41, pl. 1-8.